Taarabt should HAVE NEVER BEEN our Golden Boy - Lost full respect

[SammyKojoe]

I'm really surprised about how people are feeling about Mackie on here. Very harsh...
If you dont want players that work hard then you honestly got what you wished for in the last 2 seasons.
Dont moan about us having no heart in our team and then say Mackie is dog s***

I have never been a fan of Mackie and never will be. If i want to watch people run all day i will go and watch Mo Farah.

[QprSinceBirth]

Balotelli.

[West London is Rss]

Wow. Tad narrow minded

[MattyRangers]

I'm really surprised about how people are feeling about Mackie on here. Very harsh...
If you dont want players that work hard then you honestly got what you wished for in the last 2 seasons.
Dont moan about us having no heart in our team and then say Mackie is dog s***

Geezer you need a balance. Can have all the heart in the world but if you aint good enough you aint going anywhere. An extreme example, granted, but I would have more heart than any of our players out there, but would you want a team of me? No - because I'm not good enough (unless you're asking me after a few shandies then I'll be teling you otherwise).

But point is you need a blend of hard working grafters and finesse, and we had that blend perfect the year we came up, with Adel providing a vast majority of that finesse. You couldnt have a team fo Adels, nor a team of Mackies.

[West London is Rss]

Geezer you need a balance. Can have all the heart in the world but if you aint good enough you aint going anywhere. An extreme example, granted, but I would have more heart than any of our players out there, but would you want a team of me? No - because I'm not good enough (unless you're asking me after a few shandies then I'll be teling you otherwise).

But point is you need a blend of hard working grafters and finesse, and we had that blend perfect the year we came up, with Adel providing a vast majority of that finesse. You couldnt have a team fo Adels, nor a team of Mackies.

Im not saying we need a team of Mackies. I 100% agree we need a balance of course you do. All i was saying is that after seeing a season of no heart at all, then i wouldnt mind seeing a team of heart for a season (Thats how bad its been). We do need a blend but we need the talent in the team to have the right attitude from now on.

[W12hoops]

Wow. Tad narrow minded

Right back at ya

[W12hoops]

Signing off now mate. Good talking to you.

[Busheyboy]

effort alone isn't enough, need some quality with it
all successful teams have a mix

[West Mids QPR]

Adel Taarabt is the modern day equivalent of Stan Bowles...and I will gladly put up with their antics (legal ones) as long as they win games for QPR.

Others who want to behave the way he did, need to show that they can also do what he did on the pitch i.e. score and creat goals out of nothing.

Bingo. Common sense and truthful
thread in the midst of the usual short sighted daftness...

[Ginger Ninja]

Personally couldn't give a stuff what adel does off the pitch, as long as he turns up on the field. The season Warnock refers to, the season we won the title, adel almost single handedly took us to the big time. That's good enough for me. Keep him. We know what he can do in the championship, if he acts the same way off the pitch and still turns it on on match days, it's all good.

[West Acton]

After four pages im diving in and I am in support of the West London is Rs (For the record I have not read the book)

Wont labour the point as I have had my say many times before but although there is not doubting Adels ability he lacks every other quality which is needed to be a top footballer in particular attitude, effort, bottle and probably most importantly professionalism. He's as guilty as the likes of Granero, Bosingwa etc of letting OUR club down.

He has alot of credit in the bank with fans because of one seasons efforts, for me personally he is out of credit as although grateful for what he done in our promotion season he has not done an awful lot since then and even his fans I am sure will hold there hands up to that.

Its alright fans coming on in this thread throwing up the Fulham as an example of a game he won but that is ONE game he contributed too out of 38 or 76 over two seasons, not even close to being good enough given the ability he has and how he is hero worshipped.

Yes football is about entertainment but at the end of the day its about winning that's the be all and end all if you get entertained as well as winning its a bonus. For me the last two seasons we have not been winning nor have I in the main be entertained by Adel

[Ginger Ninja]

I have never been a fan of Mackie and never will be. If i want to watch people run all day i will go and watch Mo Farah.

At premier league level, I agree with you. In the championship, Jamie Mackie is a good player.

[West London is Rss]

After four pages im diving in and I am in support of the West London is Rs (For the record I have not read the book)

Wont labour the point as I have had my say many times before but although there is not doubting Adels ability he lacks every other quality which is needed to be a top footballer in particular attitude, effort, bottle and probably most importantly professionalism. He's as guilty as the likes of Granero, Bosingwa etc of letting OUR club down.

He has alot of credit in the bank with fans because of one seasons efforts, for me personally he is out of credit as although grateful for what he done in our promotion season he has not done an awful lot since then and even his fans I am sure will hold there hands up to that.

Its alright fans coming on in this thread throwing up the Fulham as an example of a game he won but that is ONE game he contributed too out of 38 or 76 over two seasons, not even close to being good enough given the ability he has and how he is hero worshipped.

Yes football is about entertainment but at the end of the day its about winning that's the be all and end all if you get entertained as well as winning its a bonus. For me the last two seasons we have not been winning nor have I in the main be entertained by Adel

Wheeyyy - Finally someone who sees where im coming from after 4 pages.

Thank You West Acton!

[QPRDave]

At premier league level, I agree with you. In the championship, Jamie Mackie is a good player.

Agree Ninja, I think he is also a good player to have in a prem squad too.
I will add this and it's been said a million times on here before...(ok not a million as we don't have that many posts yet!!).. we need a mix.
I don't agree Adel took us up single handed, because if he did how come he never single handedly got us to the playoffs on the occasions he was with us before Warnock?
The team needed Adel and Adel needs the team. To say he did it single handedly is taking away the hardwork that Derry (who did AT's running and tackling) put in, to Gorkks,Connolly,Paddy,Hill & Walker who kept so many clean sheets.Mackie more than played his part up to the injury ....last min equaliser at Pride Park, great couple of goals at Ipswich, and played fullback against someone.
We had a team back then, they all knew what was expected of them, and the lack of it, was why we got relegated from the premier league

[Shania]

What´s the fuss? His step-overs are well and truly found out.